Peterson W. Nderitu

TL;DR: In this article, the field infestation rates of an invasive fruit fly species, Bactrocera invadens on mango was determined at different localities in Kenya and the level of infestation varied with location ranging from 3.0 to 97.2 flies per kg of fruit.

TL;DR: The results suggest that exploitative competition through larval scrambling for resources and interference competition through aggressive behaviors of the invader are important mechanisms contributing to the displacement of C. cosyra by B. invadens in mango agroecosystems.

TL;DR: The results suggest for the first time that the presence of O. longinoda has a detrimental effect on the abundance, reproductive success and possibly oviposition strategy of female parasitoids, which might be a delimiting factor in field conditions if both natural enemies are to be recommended for use within the same agro-ecosystem.

TL;DR: The adaptation process for this insect, when moved from whole mango, Mangifera indica L., fruit rearing to artificial diet based on wheat bran took between three and five generations to reach the plateau of quality control parameters observed for rearing the insect on whole mango fruit.

TL;DR: The findings however, show significant decreases in mango damage due to fruit fly infestations among all farmers using the different IPM treatments, and recommends combinations of affordable and easy to apply and maintain IPM strategies that could yield significant impact on mango fruit fly control.